A Respectable Honey Yield?
The Hot Weather & Honey Production
2018 has given us an extraordinary summer in the UK. Since May there has hardly been any rain and temperatures have regularly been 25C plus. Rain dilutes nectar and the UK is not as hot as other countries … so I assume this has been a good honey production year for all UK beekeepers.
My Numbers
It’s been my best season – doubled my previous personal best and this time with only two production hives. I record My Yields here.
My two production colonies produced 13 frames of cut comb honey. Typically a super frame holds 3lb of honey and I would say I had overall 80% completion of the frames – hence I produced 31lb of honey which made 84 cartons of beautiful cut comb.
… 15.5lb per production hive … this is almost getting respectable.
How are you all doing?
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And Stores For The Bees
The hive bodies are also full of honey … and I doubt I will need to feed the bees this year.
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Lovely, honest, useful advice that puts a smile on another optimistic amateur’s face. Thanks Roger.